How will JF handle the Game Day interview?
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Not shocked at all, he’s smart.
James started campaigning for his next job at about 4:30 Sunday. Like many other coaches, he gave ESPN access so they provided him a platform.
Agreed
btw I say those things as someone who genuinely likes Franklin. Wanted him to be the guy to win it here desperately
but that was embarrassing IMO
Saban embarrassed us and portrayed the firing as very unfair based on Franklin’s accomplishments. It was a masterclass on pr for Franklin, who will land at an upper level program.
I like James too. All of us would much rather him have won a title here. Or at least have been consistently close.
James is 90% of what we want.
They're all haters, they dont want penn state to ever become elite, they all want us good enough to be a good win for their respective teams, but nothing more. Franklin played the role perfectly in the big ten. Now, kraft wants more and we are apparently stepping off the plantation as a university..we get moralized about not being satisfied. F*ck them all.
Perhaps. The upper level programs will look at the small details that weren’t addressed and have never been during his time at Penn State.
I understand why James and Sexton did this. They want a top job this coaching cycle. It’s TBD whether that happens. James has a poor reputation in top coaching circles.
Glad he was fired! Watching him less than a week from being fired, on ESPN, tells me everything I needed to know about him..
Spent too much money traveling and for tickets only to leave disappointed from his coaching!
Spent too much money traveling and for tickets only to leave disappointed from his coaching!
I thought so too. The proof will be in three years- if PSU is firing the next coach- and Kraft.
If this were the coach at Michigan, Ohio State or Alabama, nobody would be commenting that it was unfair for the coach to be let go.
That's unlikely, to say the least. Paranoia seems to be ingrained in our fanbase.
I am not sure what you mean. There are very few proven coaches out there. Our own list has shrunk to the point we may need to take a relatively unproven commodity. Franklin will likely land at an upper level school like Florida or at worst a solid program like Wiscy.
You’re saying the Florida AD, fresh off a rotten run of hires, won’t scratch away at Franklin’s inability to beat teams with a pulse?
The Power 4 AD network is small. It’s very easy to informally reach out to Pat Kraft and others to get under the hood.
I’m not saying that Franklin won’t get a good job. I am saying that any top program will have to do a lot of discussing before making the hire.
Franklin might crush it in his next job. Half of the recipe is often a fresh start.
But there are some systematic questions behind 1-19 against B1G top ten teams. Even random luck would dictate a better winning percentage.
I think a program like Wiscy or MSU or even Ole Miss if that job were to open would love to get Frankin. The question is whether James sees himself as above those programs? Based on what we know, James loves him some James.
I don’t think this was embarrassing in the least. I think CJF showed true grace in how he handled this interview. I honestly don’t think he could have handled this moment any better. I for one am impressed and proud of him.
I do agree it was time for him to go, but I thank him for everything he did for Penn State while he was here… and how he handled himself and the program.
I do agree it was time for him to go, but I thank him for everything he did for Penn State while he was here… and how he handled himself and the program.
Such jobs are highly political in nature and coaches attempt to create an image by what they say and not necessarily what they do.
One such line that a bunch of them use is “for me it’s all about the players”. Now JF says that he feels bad for the players he recruited because now he won’t be there to fulfill his side of that bargain.
I wonder if he felt the same way when he left the recruits at Vanderbilt high and dry so that he could purse fame and fortune.
One such line that a bunch of them use is “for me it’s all about the players”. Now JF says that he feels bad for the players he recruited because now he won’t be there to fulfill his side of that bargain.
I wonder if he felt the same way when he left the recruits at Vanderbilt high and dry so that he could purse fame and fortune.
A realistic list of potential coaches for us is as follows at this point: Campbell, Rhule, Diaz, Mullen, Sumrall, Golesh, Key, Stein, Brady. That list would largely be the same for Florida, except add Franklin obviously. Franklin likely grades out higher than any of those candidates for Florida. Franklin recruits very well, and he would recruit even better down south. He lost a lot of big games for us, but he was close in almost every single one. If he can slightly improve his efficacy using talent, he gives Florida a realistic opportunity to get back to elite status. I agreed with the firing, but I also believe it comes with a great deal of risk for us.
Yet the networks kept the( Big Game James )for years and years ( not the PSU fans ) and now they're walking
it back. The press put more pressure on Franklin than anyone out there.
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If it were Bama and Saban were AD, Saban would have fired James himself, probably years ago as Saban has very high standards. His comments ripping PSU today were bullsh*t and he knows it. The only reason he said that was to support a fellow coach, it's a small club and they look after each other.
I have been ambivalent about Saban over the years. I thought he was a good coach but had the best talent in the US along with O$U. Both got a lot of that talent with under the table money but as soon as everybody could pay players and it was out in the open, he quit because he knew it was going to get more difficult to obtain and retain talent. Between that and his comments about being unfair (as a person who had an UNFAIR advantage for years), IMO he is a first rate A**hole.
Miss Terri had an interesting quote: “I haven’t heard a number yet.” That spoke volumes to me. We have reached out and are trying. Saban is done coaching and I don’t know why he would come here, but it sure seems we are trying.
I’m glad Franklin did well in the interview - hopefully he gets a big job and Penn State keeps its money. We deserve better and he deserves a fresh start.
I’m glad Franklin did well in the interview - hopefully he gets a big job and Penn State keeps its money. We deserve better and he deserves a fresh start.
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You gotta stop. Saban didn't embarrass us. He's speaking as a coach that doesn't like coaches being fired. Any sane viewer comprehends that. They also showed his record and it was obvious why he was fired.
Hell most non-Penn State fans have bashed him for years.
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